Recognitions and awards archive

2010-2011

• Congratulations to all students recognized at the June 15 Awards Ceremony, and to the class of 2012!
• The following students received Marshall Academy's 2011 Vienna Rotary Scholarships: David Dziedzic ($1,000),
  Pedram Derakhshan ($500), Benjamin Kim ($1,000), and Carson Monroe ($500) (posted June 16)
• Congratulations to these lacrosse players, who received academic all-region recognition: Jimbo Briody, Dan Dallen, Ben Gentile, Patrick Greenwood, Scott Henning, and Kyle Nicholson. (posted June 13)
  
• The following Marshall Academy Cosmetology students received their industry cosmetology license: Andrea Adolphe, Melissa Alexander, Asel Atantaeva, Danielle Figueroa, Liseth Gonzalez, Christine Greve, Jenny Le, Vanessa Martinez, Karren McDonald, Keny Mendez, Anabel Merida, Phuong Nguyen, Reman Rajab, and Jessica Yorkdale. (posted June 13)
• Congratulations to the following softball players: Elaine Bennett (All-District Honorable Mention), Mina Dunn (All-District 1st Team 3rd Base and All-Region 2nd Team 3rd Base), Kayla Marsh (All-District 2nd Team At Large), Kellie Marsh (All-District 1st Team Designated Player and All-Region Honorable Mention), Maddie Martin (All-District Honorable Mention), Meghan McNabb (All-District Honorable Mention), and Mariame Pierce (All-District Tournament Team). (posted June 13)
• These students received CAPPIE nominations: Charlie Belt (Lead Actor), Ruth Catlett (Set Design), Sarah Chapin (Comic Actress), Madeleine Fleshman (Set Design), George Ross (Featured Actor), Amber Holder (Costumes), Lily Roth (Supporting Actress), Robbie Teague (Set Design), Neil Wilcox-Cook (Supporting Actor), Reese Wold (Costumes), and Kara Wright (Set Design). Additionally, Marshall Theatre's performance of The Importance of Being Earnest was nominated as Best Play. (posted June 13)
• Mr. Rifai would like to congratulate these students for their success in math this year: Daniela Bustos-Alfaro, Samuel Carpenter, Ben Looker, and Amr Moussa. (posted June 13)
• Congratulations to Lawrence Choi and Thuan Tran for winning a highly competitive Rotary Club of Tysons scholarship. Each student completed a panel interview and application essay and will win $1,000 renewable scholarships from the Club.
• Congratulations to these students, who were chosen to participate in the Hispanic Youth Symposium at Virginia State University: Luis Bernal, Andres De La Torre, Brenda Juarez, Brandon Molina, Mario E. Serrano, and Leslie Vallejo.
• Jessica Baralt and Aaron De Lucia were recognized by the ACE Mentor Program for their longstanding participation in ACE, excellent academic records, and personal character. Each received a scholarship that can be renewed for four years.
• Congratulations to Andrew Crone, about whom WUSA9 aired a profile.
• For the second year in a row, Marshall DECA brought home a Top 3 and a Top 10 team from international competition.
  The following students won international DECA recognition at the DECA International Career Development Conference, competing against 16,000 DECA students from across the world: Yazan Alshawkani (Top 10 finish in Community Service Project for Cause for Celebration project with the Katherine K. Hanley Shelter -- part of the only Virginia team in this category to be recognized on the international stage), Alyssa Bainbridge (international competency recognition, i.e. in the Top 10% of all competitors), Haley Butterfield (international competency recognition, i.e. in the Top 10% of all competitors), Faby Chaillo (Top 10 medalist for case study oral presentation in Business Law Team Decision Making), Jenny Felter (Top 20 Finalist finish in Advertising Campaign for work with TransUrban-Flor and the Orange Cones No Phones campaign), Brendan Fogarty (Top 10 finish in Community Service Project for Cause for Celebration project with the Katherine K. Hanley Shelter -- part of the only Virginia team in this category to be recognized on the international stage), Jocelyn Golden (3rd place in Sports and Entertainment Marketing Operations Research for work with Jammin' Java), Kim Gollogly (3rd place in Sports and Entertainment Marketing Operations Research for work with Jammin' Java), Christine Greve (Top 20 Finalist finish in Advertising Campaign for work with TransUrban-Flor and the Orange Cones No Phones campaign), Ritika Jain (Top 20 Finalist finish in Advertising Campaign for work with TransUrban-Flor and the Orange Cones No Phones campaign), Jeta Krasniqi (international competency recognition, i.e. in the Top 10% of all competitors), Yafet Kubrom (international competency recognition, i.e. in the Top 10% of all competitors), Maggie MacDonnell (3rd place in Sports and Entertainment Marketing Operations Research for work with Jammin' Java), Katie MacDowell (international competency recognition, i.e. in the Top 10% of all competitors), Kate Pantano (Top 10 finish in Community Service Project for Cause for Celebration project with the Katherine K. Jesse Peterson (international competency recognition, i.e. in the Top 10% of all competitors), Sarah Quattrocki (Top 10 medalist for case study oral presentation in Business Law Team Decision Making), Emily Sexton (international competency recognition, i.e. in the Top 10% of all competitors), Hanley Shelter -- part of the only Virginia team in this category to be recognized on the international stage), and Carrie Zettler (international competency recognition, i.e. in the Top 10% of all competitors)
• The following students placed 17th in the country at Lifesmarts Nationals: Michael Benson, Nathaniel Chen, Shannen Escobar, Corey Martin and Sandy Vo.
• Congratulations to Cyrus Hashemi, named to The Washington Post's all-met swim & dive team.
• Congratulations to the second-semester Statesman Star winners: Nicholas Abriola, Lani Allen, Aulia Ampri, Ann Bryan, Ashton Garriott, Gelare Ghajar-Rahimi, Jocelyn Golden, Isabel Gross, Philip Grudier, Cyrus Hashemi, Miranda Hendershot, Huaizhou Lan, Bill Lapthorn, Stuart McKenzie, Thamanna Nishath, Alexander Norton, Emily Sexton, Fernando Uribarri, Jessie Washington, and Sharon Wolbarsht
• The following students placed at the Virginia FBLA State Leadership Conference: Natalie Bui (2nd Place in Management Information Systems), Tiffany Chau (2nd Place in Management Information Systems), David Dziedzic (3rd Place in Entrepreneurship), David Holmes (1st Place in Cyber Security; he will receive a savings bond from the Bank of Charlotte County), Tereza Maik (3rd Place in Entrepreneurship), Leah Noordhuizen (2nd Place in Management Information Systems), and Natalie Scavuzzo (3rd Place in Entrepreneurship).
• The Optimist Club of Vienna honored the following juniors: Bryon Bacon (for technology), Peter Bryan (for academics), Elizabeth Culbertson (for academics), Karina French (for citizenship), Palak Bhandari (district winner for citizenship), Loren Clark (for science), Madeleine Fleshman (for arts), Shepket Gheyret (for technology), Filip Gouglev (for technology), Annie Greenwood (for sports), Katie Griswold (for science), Cyrus Hashemi (district winner for sports), David Jacobie (for technology), Rebekah Koch (for science), Christine LaBarbera (for sports), Alison Lenert (for academics), Ryan Medric (for citizenship), Maddie O'Beirne (for sports), Kerry Orndorff (for citizenship), Ivan Perez (for technology), Hannah Perlman (for arts), Macaulley Quirk (for arts), Jessica Roberts (for academics), Abby Schneider (for academics), Carly Taylor (for citizenship), Katherine Van Winkle (for sports), Sharon Wolbarsht (for arts), Whitney Wu (for arts), Natasha Yaqub (for science), and Elizabeth Yu (for science). The awards were presented by former Attorney General Edwin Meese to outstanding juniors from Marshall High School, Madison and Oakton High Schools.
• Science Olympiad took 6th place at the state competition, with individual recognitions going to Lizzie Culbertson (2nd place Technical Problem Solving, 5th place Sounds of Music, and 6th place Experimental Design), Gelare Ghagar-Rahmini (4th place Towers), Khalid Hassan (5th place Forensics), Sandy Hoang (4th place Optics and 6th place Chemistry Lab), Jonathan Lee (5th place Forensics and 5th place Ornithology), AJ Norton (2nd place Technical Problem Solving, 4th place Optics, and 4th place Towers), Eric Passmore (6th place Chemistry Lab), Kika Sahai (6th place Fossils), Malavika Sahai (6th place Experimental Design and 5th place Sounds of Music), David Shepard (6th place Experimental Design and 6th place Fossils), and Whitney Wu (5th place Ornithology)
• Marshall's music program -- band, choir, and orchestra -- again achieved "Blue Ribbon Status" this year. Blue Ribbon Status is bestowed on middle and high schools whose top band, choir, and orchestra earn Superior ratings at their respective annual festivals.
• The Concert Band and Wind Ensemble earned the highest rating of "Superior" at the VBODA District XII Assessment Festival.
• Caroline Goh was named a National Scholastic Art Award Winner for her work in digital art. Caroline is on 26 FCPS national award winners.
• FBLA was recognized as a Regional Honor Chapter. Additionally, several students were recognized at the FBLA Regional Competititon: Natalie Bui (1st place for Management Information Systems), Tiffany Chau (1st place for Management Information Systems), Roman Dadiomoff (1st place for Technology Concepts), Peter Derakhshan (2nd place for Network Design), David Dziedzic (1st place for Entrepreneurship), Jenny Felter (2nd place for Business Ethics), Carlos Flores (2nd place for Network Design), David Holmes (1st place for Cyber Security), Ben Kim (1st place for Networking Concepts), Tereza Maik (1st place for Entrepreneurship), Leah Noordhuizen (1st place for Management Information Systems), Brian Pham (1st place for Word Processing), Chandani Rana (2nd place for Business Ethics), Natalie Scavuzzo (1st place for Entrepreneurship), Chris Vallejo (2nd place for Network Design), and Carrie Zettler (1st place for Marketing)
• Both the Chamber Orchestra and Concert Orchestra earned the highest rating of "Superior" from all four judges at VBODA Orchestra District Festival/Performance Assessment.
• The following students placed at the regional Science Olympiad: Lizzie Culbertson (1st Place Mission Possible, 4th Place Experimental Design, and 3rd Place Sounds of Music), Jonathan Helm (2nd place Disease Detectives), Sandy Hoang (6th Place Mission Possible and 6th Place Optics), July Laszakovits (6th Place Mission Possible and 6th Place Optics), Jonathan Lee (2nd place Disease Detectives), Jack Lynch (4th Place Protein Modeling), AJ Norton (4th Place Tower Building), Eric Passmore (1st Place Mission Possible and 4th Place Experimental Design), and Malavika Sahai (1st Place Mission Possible, 4th Place Experimental Design, and 3rd Place Sounds of Music)
• Marshall performed well at the Lifesmarts State Competition, with one team progressing to national competition. Congratulations to these competitors: Michael Benson (Statesman team I - 1st place), Nathaniel Chen (Statesman team II - 5th place), Shannen Escobar (Statesman team II - 5th place), Daniel Heshmatipour (Statesman team I - 1st place), Benjamin Kim (Statesman team I - 1st place), Corey Martin (Statesman team II - 5th place), Gabriel Ritter (Statesman team I - 1st place), Sandy Vo (Statesman team II - 5th place),
  
• Marshall DECA was named a Preferred chapter for the state of Virginia at the Virginia DECA State Leadership Conference. Virginia DECA accepted 22 Marshall DECA members into their Honor Society — more than any other school in the state. Jen Hendrickson was recognized as a 2011 Outstanding DECA Advisor. These 28 Marshall students, competing against 2,500 other participants, qualified for international DECA competition: Yazan Alshawkani (3rd place, Community Service Project), Alyssa Bainbridge (1st place in Internet Marketing Business Plan), Kate Balek (3rd place, Hospitality and Tourism), Haley Butterfield (5th place, Entrepreneurship), Faby Chaillo (1st place overall in Business Law and Ethics), Amreen Dhindsa (2nd place, Internet Marketing Plan), David Dziedzic (3rd place, Hospitality and Tourism), Jenny Felter (1st place in Advertising Campaign), Brendan Fogarty (3rd place, Community Service Project), Jocelyn Golden (3rd place, Sports and Entertainment), Kimberly Gollogly (3rd place, Sports and Entertainment), Christine Greve (1st place in Advertising Campaign), Ritika Jain (1st place in Advertising Campaign), Jeta Krasniqi (5th place, Entrepreneurship), Yafet Kubrom (1st place, Entrepreneurship Promotion Plan - the second year in a row to win 1st place in this category), Cazzie MacDonnell (1st place overall in Marketing Communications), Maggie MacDonnell (3rd place, Sports and Entertainment), Katie MacDowell (1st place, Entrepreneurship Promotion Plan - the second year in a row to win 1st place in this category), Diana Man (2nd place, Internet Marketing Plan), Sarah Meoni (1st place overall in Marketing Communications), Brittany Miller (2nd place, Financial Services), Kate Pantano (3rd place, Community Service Project), Jesse Peterson (1st place, Entrepreneurship Promotion Plan - the second year in a row to win 1st place in this category), Sarah Quattrocki (1st place overall in Business Law and Ethics), Chandani Rana (2nd place, Financial Services), Emily Sexton (4th place, Marketing Management), Becca Toser (3rd place, Principles of Hospitality and Tourism), and Carrie Zettler (1st place in Internet Marketing Business Plan). These DECA Members also received recognition: Basheer Al-Kakhan (Event Recognition for Travel and Tourism Team Decision Making Event), Brian Cusack (9th place overall, Hotel and Lodging Marketing), Dan Dallen (9th place overall, Principles of Marketing), Jessica Gentile (Event Recognition, Apparel and Accessories Marketing), Adam Ghazzawi (8th place, International Business Plan), Eisha Jain (8th place, International Business Plan), Lauryn Johnson (9th place overall, Principles of Hospitality), Grant Leibow (8th place, International Business Plan), Jesse Nichols (Event Recognition for Travel and Tourism Team Decision Making Event), Ladan Nikbakhshian (Event Recognition, Food Marketing), Jessica Taylor (Event Recognition, Food Marketing), Omar Yousef (Event Recognition, Retail Merchandising)
• Jocelyn Golden and Cindy Pham have been selected to attend the Hugh O'Brien Youth Leadership Conference. HOBY ambassadors are "outstanding high school students selected as representatives from their high schools because they have demonstrated the potential to lead others."
• The following writers have been recognized in the 2011 DC Regional Scholastic Writing Awards. A panel of Washington writers, teachers, and literary professionals selected these works, from among many outstanding submissions, as the most exceptional in the region: Nour Abdel-Ghani received a Silver Key for her personal essay "The Abruptness of Reality," Monika Bapna received a Silver Key for her personal essay ""Finding My Reflection in an Opaque Mirror," and Lauren Bellegarde received an honorabele mention for her poem "The Snow from the Day I Was Born, Chimera - Me and You."
  
• These art students had their award-winning work on display at the Regional Scholastic Art Show at the Northern VA Community College Annandale campus, Ernst Cultural Center. Gold Key winners' work will compete nationally: Keith Boylan (Silver Key for sculpture), Ria Firth (Gold Key for three paintings), Caroline Goh (Gold Key for digital art), Yoon Lee (Silver Key for painting), Akriti Virdi (Silver Key for digital art), and Frances Yee (Gold Key for digital art). Additional recognition goes to Laura King (Certificate of Merit for digital art), Carson Monroe (Certificate of Merit for digital art), and Sharon Wolbarsht (Certificate of Merit for mixed media).
  
• Larry Blakely, Marshall's football and basketball announcer, was selected as the 2010-2011 recipient of the Virginia Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association VIAAA Distinguished Service Award. The award is presented to those outside the field of athletic administration who provide outstanding service to high school athletics.
• The following musicians were selected for District Band: Lizzie Culbertson, Nick Kemp, Jessica Rennert, Nick Ritter, Kanika Sahai, Malavika Sahai, Mike Wang, and Will Webb.
• Eian Burgess is the Bass 2 1st Alternate in the All-State Choir, and Devon Kalbaugh is Alto 1.
• FBLA Statesmen placed 1st and 2nd in round 1 of the Lifesmarts state academic competition: Team 1, which placed first, consisted of Michael Benson, Daniel Heshmatipour, Benjamin Kim, and Gabriel Ritter; Team 2, which placed second, consisted of Nathaniel Chen, Shannen Escobar, Corey Martin, Sandy Vo.
• The following students received a Scholastic Art Award: Keith Boylan, Ria Firth, Caroline Goh, Laura King, Seoyoon Lee, Carson Monroe, Akriti Virdi, Sharon Wolbarsht, and Frances Yee.
• IB Film students' Monster Mash-up and Re-cuts Film Fest garnered coverage from The Falls Church Patch.
• The Model United Nations team took Secretary-General's Award for Outstanding Delegation for a large school (1st place overall) at the IB-MA MUN Conference. Individual recognitions include Best Delegate (1st place) awards to Mazin Ali, Mohammed Alsati, and Ash Deval & Amir Noorbaksh; Outstanding Delegate (2n place) awards to Mike Breger & Philip Grudier; Robinson Cho; Ashton Garriott; Sanket Mainali & Gowri Shivasabesan; and Honorable Mentions to Ali Amirghassemi and Bruce Ferguson & Johnathan Helm.
• Kathryn Peyton was named Virginia's 2010 Outstanding Economics Educator of the Year.
• Congratulations to the fall 2010 Statesman Star recipients: seniors Yara Alemi, Michael Breger, Devon Gross, and Kellie Marsh; juniors Brandon Allen, Peter Bryan, Ashley Coates, and Amanda Ghobadi; sophomores Mark Dass, Spencer Mooney-Jones, Alexandra Sandlin, and Margaret Schumann; freshmen Sarah Canann, Claire Fogarty, Julia Gurdak, and Lily Zamanali; and faculty members Jerry Lin, Gail Reaves, Tiffany Santana, and Julie Veenstra.
• Congratulate Jenny Felter, Christine Greve, and Ritika Jain for winning the inaugural Transurban Orange Cones No Phones High School Challenge. They gave a 20-minute presentation on how to promote the Orange Cones No Phones brand to FCPS high school students using a $5,000 budget. Their ideas were creative and the judges commented on how well-researched their plan was as presented. These students have won an internship with Transurban to implement their proposal.
• The following students and teams received recognition at the Fall Sports Banquet: Bella Borgiotti (honorable mention/Liberty District for volleyball), Emily Clark (2nd team all-district for field hockey and highest GPA on the field hockey team), Caitlyn Cobb (women's cross country MVP), Matt Crawford (2nd team all-district for football), Meredith Crizer (regional qualifier for golf, highest GPA on the women's golf team, and the women's golf team's MVP), Ryan Medric (highest GPA on the men's golf team), Jenny Felter (2nd team all-district for field hockey), Ashton Garriott (highest GPA on the men's cross country team), Annie Greenwood (1st team all-district for field hockey), Mackenzie Haight (15th in district and regional qualifier for cross country), Scott Henning (men's golf team's MVP), Issac Koloditch (highest GPA on the football team), Cazzie MacDonnell (2nd team all-district for field hockey), AJ Norton (13th in district and regional qualifier for cross country, and the men's cross country team's MVP), Maddie O'Beirne (1st team all-district and 1st team all-region for field hockey, and the field hockey MVP), Chandani Rana (1st team all-district and 2nd team all-region for field hockey), Tim Richards (2nd team all-district for football and the football team's MVP), Emily Sexton (2nd team all-district for field hockey), Shannon Sturgeon (highest GPA on the cheerleading team and cheerleading MVP), Carolyn Zettler (highest GPA on the volleyball team), Natasha Yaqub (highest GPA on the women's cross country team). Overall, the 21-student women's cross country team had the highest GPA (4.0); the school's 270 athletes averaged a 3.49 GPA during the season.
• Congratulations to Garrett Giles, Tayler Kenney, and David Wise, who won third place (and $250) at the Third Annual George Washington University Pitch George competition for their Ice, Ice Baby business concept. Semi-finalists also included Kate Balek, Haley Butterfield, David Dziedzic, Brendan Fogarty, and Jeta Krasniqi. [hover for more information]
• These students received the following recognitions at the DECA district competition: Connor Barrand (Overall 1st place Winner in Restaurant Full Service Management), Faby Chaillo (Overall 2nd place Winner in Marketing Management), Katie Clark (Individual Recognition in Apparel and Accessories Marketing), Caitlin Cobb (Overall 2nd place Winner in Job Interview), Brian Cusack (Overall 1st place Winner in Hotel and Lodging Management), Dan Dallen (Overall 2nd place Winner in Principles of Marketing), Alex Dolton (Overall 1st place Winner in Selling), Luke Dziedzic (Individual Recognition in Sports and Entertainment Marketing), Amin Eftekhari (Individual Recognition in Hotel and Lodging Management), Emily Fisher (Individual Recognition in Principles of Hospitality and Tourism), Claire Fogarty (Overall 3rd place Winner in Communications), Alex Frolia (Individual Recognition in Restaurant Full Service Management), Jessica Gentile (Overall 2nd place Winner in Apparel and Accessories Marketing), Adam Ghazzawi (Overall 2nd place Winner in Sports and Entertainment Marketing), Julia Gurdak (Overall 2nd place Winner in Communications), Muneera Hassan (Overall 1st place Winner in Job Interview), Garrison Hernandez (Overall 1st place Winner in Quick Serve Restaurant Management), Samer Hussein (Overall 2nd place Winner in Hotel and Lodging Management), Alexandra Johnson (Overall 1st place Winner in Communications), Lauryn Johnson (Overall 1st place Winner in Principles of Hospitality and Tourism), Faiaz Kashem (Overall 3rd place Winner in Selling), Nick Koludrovic (Overall 2nd place Winner in Restaurant Full Service Management), Miriam Kreykes (Overall 3rd place Winner in Food Marketing), Daniel LaBarbara (Overall 2nd place Winner in Selling), Grant Leibow (Individual Recognition in Food Marketing), Cazzie MacDonnell (Overall 3rd place Winner in Business Services Marketing), Sara Meoni (Overall 1st place Winner in Retail Merchandising), Alex Muller (Overall 2nd place Winner in Automotive Services Marketing), Nicholas Nelson (Individual Recognition in Principles of Marketing), Edward Nguyen (Individual Recognition in Hotel and Lodging Management), Jesse Nichols (Overall 3rd place Winner in Quick Serve Restaurant Management), Ladan Nikbakhshian (Overall 1st place Winner in Food Marketing), Jamie O'Neal (Overall 1st place Winner in Apparel and Accessories Marketing), Sarah Quattrocki (Overall 1st place Winner in Business Services Marketing), April Reinhart (Overall 3rd place Winner in Restaurant Full Service Management), Karim Saoud (Individual Recognition in Hotel and Lodging Management), Lincoln Scott (Overall 2nd place Winner in Principles of Business Management), Emily Sexton (Overall 1st place Winner in Marketing Management), Atul Singh (Individual Recognition in Food Marketing), Kristian Sutt (Individual Recognition in Quick Serve Restaurant Management), Jessica Taylor (Overall 2nd place Winner in Food Marketing), Rebecca Toser (Overall 2nd place Winner in Principles of Hospitality and Tourism), Sam Travis (Overall 1st place Winner in Principles of Marketing), Rachel Waldron (Individual Recognition in Apparel and Accessories Marketing), and Omar Yousefi (Overall 2nd place Winner in Retail Merchandising).
  
• The following orchestra members have been accepted into the All-District Orchestra: Julia Eltzroth, Celia Islam, Devon Kalbaugh, Sam Kwong, Alicia Moon, and Lara Periard.
• The Marshall Theatre Tech team won first in the tech Olympics at the Virginia Theatre Association State Conference. The team of Maddy Fleshman, Johnny Hargrove, Amber Holder, Robbie Teague, and Nate Wunderlich (alternates Yara Alemi and Garrett Wood) competed in eight events for the win. Madeleine Fleshman also won second place in the set design competition from a large field of great designs. The team also presented a one-act that was well-received. Several seniors participated in college auditions and most received numerous call-backs and offers from several universities.
• Nick Ritter successfully auditioned and was selected for 1st chair bassoon in the Fairfax County Senior Regional Orchestra.  Other students also selected are Cristian Zimmerman (1st chair violin, concert master), Jacob Sanders (cello), Hannah Perlman (violin), and J. P. Perlman (violin).
• Melissa Goitia and Emily Shibut are National Merit Scholarship Semi-Finalists. Marshall's commended students are Yara Alemi, Olivia Baskerville, Charles Belt, Jenny Chong, David Dziedzic, Abigail Epremian, Caroline Goh, Taylor Moore, Jesse Peterson, and Robert Tolbert. National Hispanic Recognition Program Finalists are Grant Burgess, Melissa Goitia, and Gabriel Ritter.
• Cyrus Hashemi has been named to the 2009-2010 USA Swimming Scholastic All American Team.
• Orla Conway was awarded the NCA Cappies award for best Featured Actress.
• Annie Luther, Shannon Sturgeon, and Zachary Stahl received an award at the Gettysburg Yearbook Experience for "Excellence in Yearbook Theme Development." The award is given to a select number of schools whose yearbook theme proposals stand out to the appraisers. Additionally, Annie Luther received an achievement award for design and Zachary Stahl received an achievement award for photography.

2009-2010

• Daniel McClain committed to play NCAA basketball as an Eagle at Bridgewater College
• The following players received Liberty District honors in soccer:
  • Boys: Ajay Amin (1st Team All-District), Nolan Costigan (honorable mention), Chris Gates (honorable mention), Dylan Goodale (honorable mention), Brett Gravatt (honorable mention), Julian Smith (honorable mention), Brian Szymanski (2nd Team All-District), Kian Tabatabai (honorable mention), and Onar Yousefi (honorable mention).
  • Girls: Sarah Meoni (honorable mention) and Maddy O'Beirne (honorable mention).
• Congratulations to Michelle Tilson, who was selected as The Washington Post's All-Met 2nd Team Catcher.
• The following softball players have been named to the all-region team: Olivia Ellis (2nd Team Outfield), Kellie Marsh (Honorable Mention), Lauren Sanata (1st Team 1st Base), and Michelle Tilson (1st Team Catcher and All-Region Tournament Team).
• Congratulations to the varsity softball team on finishing in the Top 4 in the Northern Region.
• The following faculty and students received Statesman Star recognitions from the Marshall faculty for the second semester:
  • Faculty: Pat Gartner, Lesley Poirier,  Jim Rixse, and Vicki Stohl
  • Seniors: Amy Attiliis, Nate Blakely, Nicole Goitia, and Max O'Beirne
  • Juniors: Olivia Baskerville, Anna Boutchard, Charles Michael Steiner, and Nathan Wunderlich
  • Sophomores: Haley Butterfield,  Christine LaBarbera, Chad Quant, and April Reinhart
  • Freshman: Adam Ghazzawi, Meghan McNabb, Gowri Shivasabesan, and Andrew White
• Congratulations to these seven juniors who were selected to attend Girls State at Longwood University: Yara Alemi, Elaine Bennett, Melissa Goitia, Katie MacDowell,Tereza Maik, Leah Noordhuizen and Jessica Rennert
• The following players received Liberty District honors in baseball: Jake Bennett (1st Team All-Liberty District), Mitch MacKeith (2nd Team All-Liberty District), and Ryan Medric (2nd Team All-Liberty District).
• Christine Grilliot was named to the softball All-Region Tournament Team.
• Congratulations to Joe Gerner, who received over $5,000 in awards from the Air Force Research Laboratory, International Council on Systems Engineering, and Society of Experimental Test Pilots for his Reducing Wing Induced Drag through the Addition of Adaptive Tip Sails - Part II presentation at the International Science Fair.
• Nathaniel Chen won second place in the high school category at Video Fairfax for his short film "Drift."
• The following softball players received Liberty District Honors: Elaine Bennett (2nd Team Outfield), Mina Dunn (Honorable Mention and named to the Liberty District All-Tournament team), Olivia Ellis (1st Team Outfield), Christine Grilliot (2nd Team Pitcher), Kayla Marsh (Honorable Mention), Kellie Marsh (1st Team Designated Player), Lauren Sanata (1st Team First Base), and Michelle Tilson (1st Team Catcher).
  
• Congratulations to Alyssa Bainbridge and Carrie Zettler for being named Top 10 in the country for their Common Scents business plan, and to Kate Balek and David Dziedzic for being named Top 20 in the nation for their International Business plan for Chick-Fil-A. These four students were recognized at DECA nationals.
• Congratulations to Marshall's 2010 Governor's School Attendees: Michael Conway, David Dziedzic and Courtney Herbolsheimer (for Agriculture); Ritika Jain and Kelly Todd (for Humanities); Gabriel Ritter and Emily Shibut (for Math Technology); Yara Alemi (for Visual and Performing Arts); Cian Dinan (for French); and Will Webb (for Latin)
• Annie O'Brien and Haley Plotner placed first for their manual in Business Operations Research at the DECA-International Career Development Conference in Louisville, KY.
• FBLA Statesman Team I -- composed of Michael Benson, Benjamin Kim, Gabriel Ritter, Tyler Merlino, Roman Dadiomoff -- placed 23rd in the country at the Lifesmarts Nationals Competitions in Miami Beach, FL.
• Nicholas Ritter was selected as principal bassoonist for the All-Virginia State Band.
• Best Buddies made it to the playoffs and came in second at the 2010 Northern Virginia Best Buddies Basketball Tournament.
• Theresa Hackett was named to 2nd Team All-Liberty District Basketball and the All-Defensive team.
• Carlie Zirkle was named to 3rd Team All-Liberty District Basketball.
• Olivia Baskerville, Marie Firth, Jessica Rennert, Alexandra Rosenbluth, and Jacob Sanders received the Vienna Optimist Club's Youth of Excellence Award for Fine Arts.
• Jonathan Delgadillo, Iriat Faisal, Ashton Garriot, Ben Kim, and Rohan Sareen received the Vienna Optimist Club's Youth of Excellence Award for Technology.
• Courtney Herbelsheimer, Jessica Rennert, Gabriel Ritter, Thuan Tran, Sabrina Urman, and James Werking received the Vienna Optimist Club's Youth of Excellence Award for Academics.
• Herbert Boggs, Michael Breger, Roman Dadiomoff, Melissa Goitia, Michael Steiner and received the Vienna Optimist Club's Youth of Excellence Award for Citizenship.
• Emily Clark, Jennifer Felter, Rachel Franks, Neegen Kianersi, and Julian Smith received the Vienna Optimist Club's Youth of Excellence Award for Sports.
• Philip Grudier, Carson Monroe, Emily Shibut, and David Wert received the Vienna Optimist Club's Youth of Excellence Award for Science.
• Ashton Garriott and Jacob Sanders received the Vienna Optimist Club's Youth of Excellence Award for Distinction.
  
• Will Simonton and Stanley Watts were invited to play in the Northern VA Region All-Star basketball game. Additionally, Simonton was invited to participate in the Northern VA Region dunk contest.
• George Hirka, Scott Henning, Joseph Robinson, and Andrew White were named to the Northern Virginia Scholastic Hockey League All-Academic Team for excellence in academics during the first two quarters of the school year.
• Daniel McLain was named to 1st Team All-Liberty District basketball team, and Northern VA Regional Honorable Mention.
• Will Simonton was named Liberty District's basketball Defensive Player of the Year, 2nd Team All-Liberty District, and Liberty District All-Tournament; selected to play in Virginia Elite/NYCHoops.com Elite Basketball Showcase All-Star Tournament .
• Stanley Watts was named to 2nd Team All-Liberty District basketball team .
• Superior ratings for Band, Orchestra, and Choir mean Marshall High School as a whole has garnered Blue Ribbon status.
• The Concert Band & Wind Ensemble received "Superior" ratings at the District Festival.
• Madgrigals received all "Superior" ratings at the District XII Choir Festival.
• Belated congratulations to Hannah Goldberger, who was not included in last year's list of Governor's School participants.
• The following FBLA students placed in the following at the regional competition:
  • 1st Place went to Arian Khorshid (Business Procedures); Rumen Hutchinson (Economics); Robbie Hayes, Will Sullivan, and Vince McLeese (Global Business); Jamil Guevara, Supratim Baruah, Syed Hassan (Management Information Systems); Roman Dadiomoff (Networking Concepts); and Eric Wickert (Spreadsheet Applications).
  • 2nd Place went to Brittany Miller, Isabel Neto, and Cindy Pham (Business Presentation); George Kontridze (Cyber Security); Jake Bennett, Tereza Maik, Marytnas Verbusaitis (Entrepreneurship); Tenzin Namdol (Job Interview); and Ben Kim (Technology Concepts).
  • 3rd Place went to Scott Feit (Computer Problem Solving) and Daniel Glass (Introduction to Business Communication).
• The FBLA Statesmen Team I -- composed of Michael Benson, Benjamin Kim, Tyler Merlino, and Gabriel Ritter -- placed 2nd in the state at the Lifesmarts competition at Virginia Commonwealth University.
• Concert Orchetra and Chamber Orchestra received the highest possible rating of "Superior" at the District 12 Orchestra festival.
• Congratulations to Science Olympians Mai Abdel-Ghani, Ruben Aghayan, Magferat Akter, Elizabeth Culbertson, Aishwarya Deval, Gelare Ghajar-Rahimi, Khalid Hassan, Benjamin Kim, Sindhu Marampudi, Alexandra Ouyang, Malavika Sahai, David Shepherd, Rathneary Them, Jordan Washington, and Whitney Wu. Culbertson, Hassan, and Sahai medaled in Experimental Design; Culbertson and Sahai also medaled in Trajectory.
• The It's Academic team placed second at the Feb. 20 taping.
• Kyle Barrand has committed to play NCAA baseball as a pitcher at Lychburg College next year.
• Marshall's Cosmetology program has been featured on School Scene Channel 21.
• Emma Balek, Lizzie Culbertson, Nick Kemp, Yura Kim, Vincent McLeese, Nick Peck, Jessica Rennert, Jordan Rennert, Nick Ritter and Malavika Sahai made All-District Band.
• Daniel McLain and Will Simonton were recently profiled in The Washington Post.
• Michelle Tilson will play softball next year at St. John's.
• Nolan Costigan received his pilot's license.
• Christine Grilliot will play softball next year for Mary Washington.
• The following faculty and students have received Statesman Star recognitions from the Marshall faculty for the first semester:
  • Faculty: Pierce Bello, Suzanna Pangilinan, Nicole Walter, and Gayle Weiss
  • Seniors: Robin Crigler, Delanyo Kpo, Haley Plotner, and Steven Savage
  • Juniors: David Dziedzic, Katie MacDowell, Emily Shibut, and Shannon Sturgeon
  • Sophomores: Basheer Al-Kakhan, Madeleine Fleshman, Noah Schaefer, and Whitney Wu
  • Freshman: Connor Barrand, Sarah Chapin, Bryan Hackett, and Victoria Nickson
• Kelly Crider has been named All-Met Honorable Mention for field hockey
• Marshall High School received a Silver Medal in this year's US News & World Report rankings of American high schools
• Kelly Crider and Teresa Hackett have been named to the 1st Team All Liberty District Field Hockey team.
• Kelly Crider has been named to the 1st Team All Region Honors Field Hockey team.
• Nicole Cressman, Jenna Foster, Emily Hemmingson, Grace Hemmingson, Alison Lenert, Daniel Nguyen, and Peter Ngyuen have been accepted into the District Honors Chorus.
• Christine Nguyen, Hannah Perlman, Camille Lorenzana, JP Perlman, and Sam Kwong auditioned for and were accepted into the District 12 Honors Orchestra.
• The Marching Band received multiple first- and second-place finishes at the competition at Mills Godwin HS in Richmond Nov 7.
• Class of 2009 alumnus Lucas Rooney became the first freshman ever invited to join BASIS -- a group of Virginia Tech students who run a $4 million+ fixed-income securities fund on behalf of the Virginia Tech Foundation
• Delanyo Kpo, one of 21 students nominated by FCPS for the College of William and Mary Leadership Award, recognizing students who demonstrate leadership both in the classroom and in their communities.
• The It's Academic team won their match! Watch for it to air Oct. 24 at 11:00 on NBC4.
• Isabelle Lindberg placed 3rd in the region in golf and will compete in the state tournament
• National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists Conor Dinan, Jonathan Giles, Rebecca Groisser, Kelsey Kolb, and Ann O'Brien
• National Merit Commended Students Christopher Bowie, Ellen Chapin, Hannah Cooper-Hamlet, Robin Crigler, Denise Funsten, Dana Hayes, Arian Khorshid, Rijul Mandlekar, Meara O'Malley, Jennifer O'Neil, Thomas Pennington, Brigitte Tondreau, and Alyssa Tsantes
• The Marching Statesmen placed first in the USSBA Northern VA Regional competition (Division 2a)
• Devon Maloney has been selected to serve on the Newseum's Student Advisory Team
• Michael Martin received the Virginia Technology Education Association Chester Lane High School Teacher of the Year award for 2009.
• Joe Swarm named Director of Student Activities
• Best Buddies is a first runner-up as the top Best Buddies chapter in the world
• John Reynolds was appointed as the District 3 representative to the National Athletic Trainers' Association's Secondary School Committee. NATA District 3 includes SC, NC, VA, WVA, MD and DC.
• Melissa Goitia and Michael Steiner have been selected as Fall 2009 Congressional pages
• Congratulations to the whole Marshall community for progressing from 254 to 157 in Newsweek's 2009 ranking of America's top 1,500 high schools

2008-2009

• Mai Abdel-Ghani - 2009 Regional Science Fair first place winner
• Michelle Advena - 3rd Place in 2009 FBLA Regionals for desktop publishing
• Umar Ahmed - Winter 2009 Statesman Star
• Lemma Al-Ghanem - Scholastic Art Award Gold Key
• Navid Alavi - 2009 Regional Science Fair third place winner, 2009 American Legion Boys State Leadership Program participant
• Mohammad Ali - 1st Place in 2009 FBLA Regionals for global business, 2009 Regional Science Fair honorable mention
• Majed Alnahwi - 1st Place in 2009 FBLA Regionals for global business
• Scott Anderson - Winner of Arena Stage's 2009 Student Playrights competition
• Amy Attiliis - 2009 Governor's School participant (Visual Art)
• Kenzie Bainbridge - 2009 DECA States runner up (General Marketing Research), Vienna Optimist Club's citizenship award
• Katherine Balek - 2009 DECA States runner up (Entrepreneurship)
• Mark Bergenholtz - 2009 Regional Science Fair third place winner
• Kenzie Bainbridge - Winter 2009 Statesman Star, Top 10 Finalist at 2009 International Career Development Conference (General Marketing Research)
• Olivia Baskerville - 2009 Regional Science Fair first place winner
• Hind Bellaachia - 3rd Place in 2009 FBLA Regionals for desktop publishing
• Michael Benson - 8th place at 2009 LifeSmarts state competition
• Alex Blomme - National Merit Finalist, First Honorable Mention in the General Assembly’s Legal Committee representing Afghanistan on the issue of terrorism during the Fall 2008 Harvard Model United Nations conference
• Allison Borda - 2009 National Merit Scholarship Commended Student
• Christopher Bowie - 2009 Governor's School participant (Biological and Agricultural Science)
• Michael Bradford - 2009 National Merit Scholarship Commended Student
• Katherine Brause - 2009 DECA States runner up (Entrepreneurship)
• Michelle Bui - 1st Place in 2009 FBLA Regionals for business presentation
• Natalie Bui - 2009 DECA States runner up (International Business Plan)
• Eian Burgess - 2009 Regional Science Fair first place winner
• Gavin Campbell - 2009 Regional Science Fair first place winner
• Ryan Campbell - 2009 National Merit Scholarship Commended Student
• Melie Campos - 2nd Place in 2009 FBLA Regionals for entrepreneurship
• Jason Cappiello - 2nd Place in 2009 FBLA Regionals for digital video productions
• Tara Cappiello - 2009 DECA States runner up (General Marketing Research)
• Faby Chaillo - 2009 Liberty District women's tennis champion, 2009 Libery District women's tennis doubles champion, 2009 state tennis champion
• Ellen Chapin - 2009 Regional Science Fair second place winner, 2009 Governor's School participant (Humanities)
• Nathan Chen - 1st Place in 2009 FBLA Regionals for introduction to business
• Hannah Chi - 2009 Governor's School participant (Dance)
• Silvia Cho - 2009 Regional Science Fair first place winner
• Don Choi - 2009 Regional Science Fair third place winner
• Tahsin Chowdhury - 2009 Regional Science Fair honorable mention
• Wiley Cole - 3rd place at FBLA LifeSmarts state competition, 1st Place in 2009 DECA Regionals for personal finance
• Paul Connett - 3rd place at 2009 VHSL Northern Region Lincoln-Douglas debate tournament
• Michael Conway - 2009 Regional Science Fair first place winner
• Curtis Cooper - Winter 2009 Statesman Star
• Amanda Crider - 1st Team All-District, All-Region, All-Met and All-State for Field Hockey
• Kelly Crider - Honorable Mention All-Met Field Hockey by The Washington Post, All-District and All-Region Field Hockey, 2009 DECA States 1st place (Entrepreneurship Promotion Project), Vienna Optimist Club's sports award
• Lizzie Culbertson - All-District XII band (horn, 1st alternate)
• Tarun Desai - 2009 National Merit Scholarship Commended Student
• Conor Dinan - 2009 Governor's School participant (French)
• Sarah Doan - 2nd Place in 2009 FBLA Regionals for spreadsheet applications, 4th place in Spreadsheet Applications at 2009 FBLA Nationals
• Ana Dominguez - 2009 Liberty District women's tennis doubles champion
• Olivia Ellis - Winter 2009 Statesman Star
• Andrew Embree - 2009 DECA States runner up (Public Relations Project)
• Abigail Epremian - 2009 Governor's School participant (Chinese)
• Amanda Flynn - 2009 DECA States 1st place (Community Service Project), Top 10 Finalist at 2009 International Career Development Conference (Community Service Project)
• Eliot Gehley - Participant at the 2009 Music For All National Percussion Festival
• Joe Gerner - 2009 Regional Science Fair first place and individual grand prize winner, 3rd place award at the 2009 International Science Fair
• Jonathan Giles - 2009 Governor's School participant (Vocal Music)
• Hannah Goldberger - 2009 Governor's School participant (Humanities)
• Allyse Golden - 2009 DECA States runner up (General Marketing Research)
• Elizabeth Gray - Participant at the 2009 Music For All National Percussion Festival
• Ashley Goh - Two Scholastic Art Award Gold Keys, two silver keys at the national Scholastic Art Awards
• Allyse Golden - 2009 National Merit Scholarship Commended Student
• Aaron Gooding - 2009 DECA States 1st place (Entrepreneurship Promotion Project)
• Mallory Grant - 2009 American Legion Girls State Leadership Program participant
• Anna Greenwood - Winter 2009 Statesman Star
• Christine Grilliot - 2009 Regional Science Fair first place winner
• Rebecca Groisser - 2009 Regional Science Fair second place winner
• Chris Grove - Participant at the 2009 Music For All National Percussion Festival
• Alex Guerin - 2nd Place in 2009 FBLA Regionals for digital video productions
• Teresa Hackett - 2009 Regional Science Fair second place winner, 2009 American Legion Girls State Leadership Program participant
• Brittany Harris - National Merit Finalist
• Cyrus Hashemi - 2009 All-Met Honorable Mention Swimming by The Washington Post, 4th and 5th Place VA AAA State Swim Meet, 2nd and 3rd Place Northern Virginal Regional Meet, 2-time Liberty District Champion and 1st Team All-District, currently holds 2 school records
• Syed Hassan - 2nd Place in 2009 FBLA Regionals for network design, 2009 Regional Science Fair first place winner, Vienna Optimist Club's technology award
• Dana Hayes - 2009 Governor's School participant (Humanities)
• Robbie Hayes - 2nd Place in 2009 FBLA Regionals for business calculations
• Yae Rin Heo - District Honors Orchestra
• Rebecca Hintz - 2nd Place in 2009 FBLA Regionals for entrepreneurship, 2009 DECA States runner up (Public Relations Project)
• Farhang Hooshmandnia - 2009 Regional Science Fair first place winner
• Sarah Hoover - 1st Place in 2009 FBLA Regionals for business presentation
• Heather Hopwood - Winter 2009 Statesman Star
• Lauren Hopwood - Winter 2009 Statesman Star
• Lauren Hurlburt - 2009 DECA States runner up (Retail Marketing Research)
• Ryan Jacobs - Participant at the 2009 Music For All National Percussion Festival
• Ritika Jain - 2009 DECA States runner up (Entrepreneurship)
• Jasmine Kang - 2009 Governor's School participant (Biological and Agricultural Science )
• Arian Khorshid - 2nd Place in 2009 FBLA Regionals for network design, 2009 Regional Science Fair first place winner, Vienna Optimist Club's academics award
• Joshua Kim - 2nd Place in 2009 FBLA Regionals for database design & application
• Yura Kim - All-District XII band (flute), 2009 Regional Science Fair first place winner
• Alison Klein - 2009 National Merit Scholarship Commended Student
• Ryan Larson - 2009 DECA States 1st place (Quick-Service Restaurant Management), Top 10 Finalist at 2009 International Career Development Conference (Quick Service Marketing Series Event)
• Ginny Lee - 2009 National Merit Scholarship Commended Student, Winter 2009 Statesman Star
• Allison Lees - 2009 DECA States 1st place (Business Services Marketing)
• Ryan Lester - 1st Place in 2009 FBLA Regionals for technology concepts
• Jessica Levine - National Merit Finalist, Outstanding Journalist Award for her work on the daily newspaper published during the Fall 2008 Harvard Model United Nations conference
• Camille Lorenzana - District Honors Orchestra, 2009 Regional Science Fair first place winner
• Morgan MacDonnell - 2009 DECA States runner up (General Marketing Research)
• Travis Magruder - Participant at the 2009 Music For All National Percussion Festival
• Tereza Maik - 2009 DECA States runner up (International Business Plan)
• Sophia Makemson - 8th place at 2009 LifeSmarts state competition, 2nd Place in 2009 FBLA Regionals for introduction to business communication, 7th place in Introduction to Business Communications at 2009 FBLA Nationals
• Ari Mandell - 2009 National Merit Scholarship Commended Student
• Carmen Mann - 2009 Regional Science Fair second place winner
• Lindsay Marsengill - 2009 DECA States 1st place (Entrepreneurship Promotion Project)
• Peter Martinez - 3rd place at 2009 LifeSmarts state competition
• Matthew Martz - read the Sun Gazette's coverage of the Student Symphonic Orchestra, which Martz founded
• Alan McCormack - 2009 DECA States 1st place (Automotive Services Marketing)
• Vincent McLeese - 1st Place in 2009 FBLA Regionals for business ethics
• Tyler Merlino - 8th place at 2009 LifeSmarts state competition
• Brittany Miller- 8th place at 2009 LifeSmarts state competition
• Shannon Minor - Participant at the 2009 Music For All National Percussion Festival
• Danielle Mock - 2009 DECA States runner up (General Marketing Research), Top 10 Finalist at 2009 International Career Development Conference (General Marketing Research)
• Tomas Molfino - 3rd place at 2009 LifeSmarts state competition
• Hannah Morgan - 2009 National Merit Scholarship Commended Student
• Tenzin Namdol - 2009 American Legion Girls State Leadership Program participant
• Daniel Nguyen - 2009 Liberty District men's tennis champion
• Rachel Neubauer - 2009 DECA States 1st place (Community Service Project), Top 10 Finalist at 2009 International Career Development Conference (Community Service Project)
• Kayvon Nickbakshan - 2009 American Legion Boys State Leadership Program participant
• Sarah Noll - 2009 DECA States runner up (General Marketing Research), Top 10 Finalist at 2009 International Career Development Conference (General Marketing Research)
• Amir Norrbaksh - 2009 Regional Science Fair first place winner
• Christine Nguyen - District Honors Orchestra
• Kevin Nutter - First Team All Liberty District Baseball
• Annie O'Brien - 2nd Place in 2009 FBLA Regionals for entrepreneurship, 2009 DECA States 1st place (Business and Financial Services Marketing Research)
• Meara O'Malley - 2009 Governor's School participant (Theatre)
• Fez Orianan - 1st Place in 2009 FBLA Regionals for global business
• Jennifer O'Neill - 2009 Governor's School participant (Life Science and Medicine)
• Anita Palmer - 2009 Regional Science Fair second place winner
• Gina Pak - Scholastic Art Award Certificate of Merit
• Danbee Park - All-District XII band (clarinet)
• Sarah Peng - Scholastic Art Award Silver Key
• JP Perlman - District Honors Orchestra
• Haley Plotner - 3rd Place in 2009 FBLA Regionals for management decision making, 2009 DECA States 1st place (Business and Financial Services Marketing Research)
• Jill Plotner - 2009 DECA States runner up (Public Relations Project)
• Zach Popkin-Hall - 2009 National Merit Scholarship Commended Student
• Hannah Rak - Winter 2009 Statesman Star, 2009 Governor's School participant (Latin)
• Jessica Rennert - Winter 2009 Statesman Star
• Jordan Rennert - All-District XII band (bass clarinet), 2009 Regional Science Fair second place winner, 2009 American Legion Boys State Leadership Program participant
• Nick Reuter - Participant at the 2009 Music For All National Percussion Festival
• Gabriel Ritter - 2009 Regional Science Fair first place winner
• Nicholas Ritter - 2009 Regional Science Fair second place winner
• Lucas Rooney - 2009 National Merit Scholarship Commended Student, 3rd place at 2009 LifeSmarts state competition, 2nd Place in 2009 FBLA Regionals for economics
• Sean Ryan - 2009 Regional Science Fair second place winner
• Ipsita Salim - 2009 Regional Science Fair first place winner
• Abby Schneider - 2009 Regional Science Fair honorable mention
• Logan Scuilla - 1st Place in 2009 FBLA Regionals for cyber security
• Jee Seong - District Honors Orchestra
• Sunjay Sethi - 2009 National Merit Scholarship Commended Student
• Lakesha Shaw - Winter 2009 Statesman Star
• Kelly Skahan - 2009 DECA States 1st place (Community Service Project), Top 10 Finalist at 2009 International Career Development Conference (Community Service Project)
• Kevin Smith - 2009 DECA States finalist (Restaurant and Food Service Management)
• William Sullivan - 1st Place in 2009 FBLA Regionals for business ethics
• Chris Taylor - Participant at the 2009 Music For All National Percussion Festival
• Elizabeth Teague - Winter 2009 Statesman Star
• Trey Thomas - First Team All Liberty District Baseball
• Bryan Todd - Participant at the 2009 Music For All National Percussion Festival
• Brigitte Tondreau - Winter 2009 Statesman Star, 3rd Place in 2009 FBLA Regionals for management decision making, 2009 Regional Science Fair second place winner, 2009 DECA States runner up (Retail Marketing Research), 2009 Governor's School participant (Biological and Agricultural Science)
• John Tortella - Winter 2009 Statesman Star
• Jayne Turner - Winter 2009 Statesman Star
• Martynas Verbusaitis - 3rd Place in 2009 FBLA Regionals for management decision making
• Rachel Waldron - Winter 2009 Statesman Star
• Scott Wallshein - 2nd Place in 2009 FBLA Regionals for business procedures
• Patrick Walsh - 2009 National Merit Scholarship Commended Student
• Ryan Walter - 2009 Regional Science Fair third place winner
• Brian Whittington - First Team All Liberty District Baseball
• Annie O'Brien - 2nd Place in 2009 FBLA Regionals
• Elaine Wilcox-Cook - 2009 National Merit Scholarship Commended Student
• Mike Withrow - 2nd Place in 2009 FBLA Regionals for management information systems
• Matt Wu - 2009 National Merit Scholarship Commended Student, 2nd Place in 2009 FBLA Regionals for network concepts
• Jules Yahn - 2009 Regional Science Fair second place winner
• Josh Yazman - 2009 American Legion Boys State Leadership Program participant
• Brian Yeh - Participant at the 2009 Music For All National Percussion Festival
• Frank Zhai - 2nd Place in 2009 FBLA Regionals for management information systems
• Danny Zirkle - 2nd Place in 2009 FBLA Regionals for management information systems
• Columbian yearbook - First class from the Virginia High School League, second place from the National Scholastic Press Association, gold medal from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association
• Kim Fields' finance class garnered coverage from The Washington Post
• US News ranked Marshall's IB program as the best IB program in Virginia and 19th best in the nation, and GCM received a silver medal overall
• Advanced Orchestra was one of only four, out of 15 competitors, to score straight Superior ratings at the 2009 District 12 Orchestra Festival
• Rank & File newspaper - Trophy class from the Virginia High School League -- one of only 10 in the Commonwealth, second place from the National Scholastic Press Association, Crown Award from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association -- one of only two from Virginia, and one of 101 high school Crown recipients from a field of 1,771 entries
• The women's tennis team is the 2009 Liberty District champion
• Theatre placed 2nd in the Northern Region one-act competition
• Andrea Wallace's freshman squad, which raised more money -- $393.45 -- than any other squad in the 2009 Penny Wars. Students raised $1,720.21 total.
• Matt Axelrod - Winter 2009 Statesman Star
• Noel Klippenstein - garnered her 100th coaching victory Dec. 12
• Jeff Litz - Winter 2009 Statesman Star
• Sunny Nieh - Winter 2009 Statesman Star
• Jayne Turner - Winter 2009 Statesman Star
• Ryan Goss, Doug Howell, Frank Howell, Chris Hurlburt, and Tim Silver - players for the Richmond Spiders, the 2008 Football Championship Subdivision (Division I-AA) National Champions